Colin Salmon Fishes for DoctorWho Role

There’s a new name surfacing as a top candidate to be the next Doctor Who, and this rumor is building momentum on the back of Barack Obama’s recent election.

While David Morrissey (guest star on the David Tennant-led Who Christmas special, "The Next Doctor") was shedding some secrets about his role in that new episode, Colin Salmon‘s name popped up for the most coveted role on British TV.

Salmon (above) has a strong genre pedigree with three James Bond movies and the first Resident Evil flick to his credit. He was also Avon in the radio remake of Blake’s 7. But, he starred as Dr. Moon in a two-part Who episode from this past season written by new show-runner Steven Moffat — perhaps setting him up as the second actor to play The Doctor after appearing in the show as a guest character (a la sixth Doctor, Colin Baker).

The reports aggressively state that Salmon (the actor, not the fish) has already been cast by Moffat and will be announced at the upcoming Children in Need telethon. Those same reports suggest (perhaps cynically) that, if a black U.S. president is in style, why not a black Doctor?

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